Family background --
Childhood --
Beethoven's second decade --
Last years in Bonn : Enlightenment --
The music --
A pianist and his patrons --
Haydn and Beethoven --
Portrait of a young composer --
Vienna : city of dreams --
The music --
Crisis and creativity --
The heroic decade (I) --
Bonaparte : the crisis of belief --
The heroic decade (II) --
The immortal beloved --
The music --
The dissolution of the heroic style --
Beethoven and his nephew --
Portrait of an aging composer --
Reconstruction --
The return to Bonn --
The music.

Responsabilità:

Maynard Solomon.

Abstract:

Presents a comprehensive study of Beethoven, his career, and his music.